SARS-CoV-2: Evolution of a virus

[@ambarnag]

Very nicely explained, thank you for this!

[@KnowableMagazine]

Thanks for watching!

[@soulsurvivor8293]

@@KnowableMagazine The thing I find odd is no one is discussing or alarmed about its odd mutation rate, given the base viruses genome and it mutation rate is lower than influenza. I suspect it may have to do with its evolutionary path, it's mutation by interacting with other corona viruses. Since it's Zoonotic shift it has a plethora of new corona viruses to interact with in humans. I am glad the last words in the video emphasise the reason in reducing infections being to limit its opportunities to mutate. Something I wish was expressed in the news more.

[@ricochete5875]

2 eh? What was 1?

[@KandyBoy69]

Sars, was a virus back in the early 2000s that has been taken care of before it became a pandemic.

[@preetiis458]

I sars 2 now. Please tell me I can save my life or not??

[@mattgwiazdon8845]

SARS-CoV-1: “SARS outbreak of 2003, about 9% of patients with confirmed SARS-CoV-1 infection died. The mortality rate was much higher for those over 60 years old, with mortality rates approaching 50% for this subset of patients.”